Diminished Riff (Necrophagist Style)

crawl towards the light
slowly, the touch of possession
shortness of breath
the brittle air numbs the senses, still broken
appearing in multiples of 3,
the removal, exhale and fall into the sea

the skulls of proto humans,
litter the sand
sheltered eyes,
still unprotected
face to face, with a lifetime of fables
caught between,
remembering and reality

cognitive dissonance, broken yet maintaining pulses
flashes of the future, race throughout the black sky

armed with nothing but the memories, of yesterday
"tomorrow you're just a slave,
today you must be brave"
hold close, this sustained peice of you
born from this jar,
sheltered from the destruction
now bow to the favors
of destiny

time shifts, fading in and out of reality
the key to survival, within the death of our people

cognitive dissonance, crippled yet maintaining life
flashes of the future, race throughout the black sky

armed with nothing but the memories, of yesterday
"tomorrow you're just a slave,
today you must be brave"
hold close, this sustained peice of you
born from this jar,
sheltered from the destruction
now bow to the favors of

staring into the mouth
of the ever approaching storm
writing the history
manufactured clone

enter the skin,
drink the preacher's blood
overload, disconnect
humanity is lost
we share this fate, the strain, this blood
mutated shadows, we've become
a defect in the system, contaminated
I fell apart and they made me again
impure, the sickness of the brand
a defect in the system, contaminated

Lightbearer

Evangellion Theme Cover

Witch hunt

Endless Winter's Reign

All The Ways To Depart(New album 2015)

Source (Demo version) by Ego Divided, Deathmetal from Italy

Source

Source (Demo version)

Black Metal the way it was meant to be played, raw, aggressive, cold  and with underground attitude!
Grim & cold Black Metal from Dutch soil!

As a small country, the Dutch are far from doing bad when it comes to their contribution to the black metal scene, on the contrary and Tarnkappe proved this in 2014 with “Tussen Hun en de Zon”, a largely left unnoticed record of great magnitude, shame on you all! As a project of two members of bands such as Kjeld, Salacious Gods, Lugubre these guys are deeply rooted in the underground.

‘Winterwaker’ (meaning “Guardian of Winter” in English) by Tarnkappe is the follow-up that proves this quality-approach in full. In this case you will be caught by surprise totally, since this is a classic Black Metal album that needs to be heard. We would dare say this the traditional 90’s Black Metal record we all have been waiting for, records like this are not made anymore...

If you enjoy your Black Metal with an organic, natural sound, Tarnkappe will be on your to get. We would say that Tarnkappe revives the old 90’s Scandinavian spirit in full, but this would not justify what this band has achieved here. They are original enough to have their own sound. Great songs, razorsharp guitar riffs, insane vocals and a topnotch production is what you get. A hypnotizing, gloomy setting that makes this release sound ritualistic and captivating. All delivered in an ice-cold artwork.

If you like it cold, grim and traditional, and still feel melancholic on the early 90’s scene, then you need Tarnkappe!

Winterwaker

Tarnkappe - Kale Vlakten, Desolatie

W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS is proud to present SHAARIMOTH's long-awaited second album, Temple of the Adversarial Fire. Ever aptly titled, Temple of the Adversarial Fire is a bold and brazen reinvention for this Norwegian trio, fully in line with the band's spiritual beliefs. More than the cliché "phoenix rising from the flames," SHAARIMOTH have stripped down their aesthetic to its barest essentials, and then rebuilt them into an incendiary, black-smoke-billowing monolith of blackened death metal majesty. Rarely in the nowadays metal underground will one hear a death metal record this pure and reverential in its intent whilst being so suffused with the blackest of blood. A glorious new epoch has arrived, and SHAARIMOTH are ushering it in with Temple of the Adversarial Fire.
 
Formed in 2004 but tracing its origins back to 1998, SHAARIMOTH emerged from the then-barren Norwegian death metal underground, and along with it, so did new incantations of darkness, death, and destruction. Both dark and ecstatic, furious and violent, defying genres, but at the same time paying tribute to its predecessors of the black arts, SHAARIMOTH's goals were firm from the very beginning.
 
Building upon its unique take of technical Morbid Angel-esque death metal with dark ambient interludes and occult lyrical content, SHAARIMOTH is not music; it is ritual. A sonic vehicle of occult propaganda, created to manifest dark currents by the means of music, the trio worked in earnest on their first public recording. That record, the debut album named Current 11, was released in 2005 via Carnal Records, and dealt primarily with Chao-Gnosticism as approached through the prism of ancient Sumerian tradition. The album immediately became an underground cult, and the status was undoubtedly reinforced through years of worship.
 
Following the album's release, SHAARIMOTH withdrew from the public eye for many years, only to break the silence now. Hereby, the band announce its inexorable return and rebirth with Temple of Adversarial Fire! 

Indeed, Temple of Adversarial Fire is a monument: 11 songs in 47 minutes that feel far more vast and expansive than this concise running time suggests. Over that psychic/sonic terrain, the trio canvass a frightening, feral landscape that bridges the terrestrial and the Beyond. It is the blackest of death metal, rendered with the ceremony of a Roman Empire procession, cloaked in sulfur and reeking of brimstone. It is a vision that's limitless, and yet demanding the steeliest fortitude to behold. Are you prepared to bear witness? For SHAARIMOTH is the truth that will burn your world to the ground. Forged in fire and shaped by The Master, SHAARIMOTH is the sound of a thousand raging hearts, the Devil's music manifest.

http://www.shaarimoth.com
http://www.facebook.com/Shaarimoth

Temple of the Adversarial Fire

Shaarimoth - Faceless Queen Of Bloodstained Dreams [Track Premiere]

Naddred present as a brand new force in a burgeoning Irish underground that Invictus Productions is very pleased to be working with on the debut release. Formed in 2016 with members of notable Irish acts Slidhr and Eternal Helcaraxe along with former Sol Axis members, Naddred crafts a twisted blend of black/death metal that stands a testament to the darkest recesses of the Irish mind when it comes to creating a foreboding, forbidding and ghastly work of art.

Sluagh

Naddred - Sluagh

Taken from the EP 'Nihil Est', released January 27th.

www.siege.global

Nihil Est

Belial - In Extremis

Independent Black / Death Metal Label & Distribution, located in Germany

www.w-t-c.org

Shaarimoth - Faceless Queen Of Bloodstained Dreams [Track Premiere]

W.T.C. Productions